I'm kind of having a hard time wrapping my head around this "War League" system. Maybe someone can fill in the blanks?

So basically we pick a side (and our deck doesn't even have to be aligned that way) and then build a sealed deck (I'm assuming with just 6 booster packs like we would in a tournament) to play with? And then we're allowed to open up just one booster pack a week to add to it?

If that's so, is there any way to really regulate whether someone is following these rules with their deck? What happens when the chart is filled? Nothing? Are there any prizes or promo cards associated with this program? Or is it just a gimmicky way to create a new playing environment and get people to buy cards?

So my question is pretty straight forward. The ruling on Melira's Keepers is kinda screwy to me. If the critter deals it's damage in the form of -1/-1 counters then doesn't the Keepers ability give it a natural prevention sheild to the damage therefore it recives no damage. Just like bouncing a blocking critter the damage doesn't have anywhere to go so no deathtouch and no life gain. So might I ask whats the differance? because the abilities both say dealt damage but what damage is done? Damage dealt by a permanent with lifelink causes that permanent’s controller to gain that much life, in addition to behaving like normal damage.

Deathtouch is an ability that causes a creature to deal an exceptionally lethal form of damage to other creatures. A creature dealt any amount of damage by a creature with deathtouch is destroyed.So how does this work? Infect critter attacks, Keeper blocks then to the damage step infect deals it's damage to Keeper of three in the form of -1/-1 counters however when damage is assinged the counters do what dissapear? Any help on understading the mechanics at work here would be great and futher increase my knowlege of this game.

If we were to get a wallpaper featuring Karn art, why not corrupted conscience? It's probably the best looking art in the set, and I'd love to have it was a wallpaper, even if it meant two weeks of Karn-based wallpapers. So... please?

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I like storm crow because I really like crows in real life, as an animal, and the card isn't terribly stupid, but packs a good deal of nostalgia and also a chunck of the game's history. So it's perhaps one of the cards I have most affection to, but not because "lol storm crow is bad hurr hurr durr".

Although I do assume you deliberately refer to them (DCI) as The Grand Imperial Convocation of Evil just for the purposes of making them sound like an ancient and terrible conspiracy.

Now, now.
1994 doesn't quite qualify as "ancient".

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Oh, it's a brilliant plan. You see, Bolas was travelling through shadowmoor, causing trouble, when he saw a Wickerbough Elder with its stylin' dead scarecrow hat. Now, Bolas being Bolas took the awesome hat and he put it on his head, but even with all his titanic powers of magic he couldn't make it fit. He grabbed some more scarecrows, but then a little kithkin girl asked if he was trying to build a toupee. "BY ALL THE POWERS IN THE MULTIVERSE!" he roared, "I WILL HAVE A HAT WORTHY OF MY GLORY." and so he went through his Dark Lore of Doom (tm) looking for something he could make into a hat that would look as stylish on him as a scarecrow does on a treefolk. He thought about the Phyrexians, but they were covered in goopy oil that would make his nonexistant hair greasy. He Tried out angels for a while but they didn't sit quite right. Then, he looked under "e" (because in the Elder Draconic alphabet, "e" for Eldrazi is right next to "h" for Hat) in his Dark Lore of Doom and saw depictions of the Eldrazi, and all their forms.
"THIS SHALL BE MY HAT!" he declared, poking a picture of Emrakul, "AND WITH IT I WILL USHER IN A NEW AGE OF DARKNESS -- ER, I MEAN A NEW AGE OF FASHION!"
And so Nicol Bolas masterminded the release of the Eldrazi.

57864098 wrote:

Rhox War Monk just flips pancakes, and if games have told us anything, it's that food = life.

56747598 wrote:

76973988 wrote:

This thread has gotten creepy. XP

Really?
Really?
The last couple days have been roughly every perverse fetish imaginable, but it only got "creepy" when speculation on Mother of Runes's mob affiliation came up?

I'm more excited for Commander precons, but this is cool. Strangely, I like the original Teferi art more than this new one, but it's still good.

That black-border comment must refer to Three Kingdoms, I can't think of anything else it could be.

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Yuck, Teferi. One of the ultimate griefer cards. It'd be so much better if the two halves of his ability had been spread out, because an Orrery with Flash is awesome, but denying opponents the ability to do anything interactive at all is just... probably the single most un-fun ability printed in the past eight years.

Okay, that should be all of them. Based on the announcement, at least 2 of these will be in the new set. My guess is on Johnny & Timmy, with the preview card being Spike with the upcoming block being an Un block. (I might possibly be joking)

The other question is whether any Legendary non-creatures will be included. Based on the way the announcement is worded, I'd say no.

It says that for several it will be there first time in the CURRENT FRAME, not just black bordered, so it could be referring to a couple artifact legends, or anything else that's frame isn't exactly as it would be now.

EDIT: whoops, missed the very last part, but i guess it could be one of the portal legends and the preview, seeing as neither would have been printed before with a black border

I hope this new From the Vault Legends set will also be available on MTGO like the last couple were.

I am just letting you guys @ wizards know that If the price shoots up to $100.00 like the last paper from the vault set I will not be buying one. I don't mind the price shooting up to $100.00 after the thing has been released. But last time the price shot up to $100.00 just to preorder the damn thing. THAT IS FRAUD! If the price is $35.00 retail then that is what the store should sell it for. The stores that did that which was like everybody who got them should have been held accountable.

I did buy one on mtgo however. I got it for $35.00 & there were no problems.

I'm both orderly and rational. I value control, information, and order. I love structure and hierarchy, and will actively use whatever power or knowledge I have to maintain it. At best, I am lawful and insightful; at worst, I am bureaucratic and tyrannical.

Retailers can place any damn price they so desire on any product. They can offer a car for a dollar or a tube of toothpaste for seventy-trillion dollars.It is Wizards lack of direct-sales for the physical product that is making inflated retail prices viable.

Retailers can place any damn price they so desire on any product. They can offer a car for a dollar or a tube of toothpaste for seventy-trillion dollars.It is Wizards lack of direct-sales for the physical product that is making inflated retail prices viable.

This is not true. It is called price gouging. You cannot do so with gasoline & neither can you with any other product. You can still sell it for less then suggested retail.

I'm both orderly and rational. I value control, information, and order. I love structure and hierarchy, and will actively use whatever power or knowledge I have to maintain it. At best, I am lawful and insightful; at worst, I am bureaucratic and tyrannical.

Retailers can place any damn price they so desire on any product. They can offer a car for a dollar or a tube of toothpaste for seventy-trillion dollars.It is Wizards lack of direct-sales for the physical product that is making inflated retail prices viable.

This is not true. It is called price gouging. You cannot do so with gasoline & neither can you with any other product. You can still sell it for less then suggested retail.

That is emphatically not what price gouging is.

I do wish Wizards had an online store. I guess they don't want to piss off their actual customers, which are the stores.

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I like storm crow because I really like crows in real life, as an animal, and the card isn't terribly stupid, but packs a good deal of nostalgia and also a chunck of the game's history. So it's perhaps one of the cards I have most affection to, but not because "lol storm crow is bad hurr hurr durr".

Although I do assume you deliberately refer to them (DCI) as The Grand Imperial Convocation of Evil just for the purposes of making them sound like an ancient and terrible conspiracy.

Now, now.
1994 doesn't quite qualify as "ancient".

56734518 wrote:

Oh, it's a brilliant plan. You see, Bolas was travelling through shadowmoor, causing trouble, when he saw a Wickerbough Elder with its stylin' dead scarecrow hat. Now, Bolas being Bolas took the awesome hat and he put it on his head, but even with all his titanic powers of magic he couldn't make it fit. He grabbed some more scarecrows, but then a little kithkin girl asked if he was trying to build a toupee. "BY ALL THE POWERS IN THE MULTIVERSE!" he roared, "I WILL HAVE A HAT WORTHY OF MY GLORY." and so he went through his Dark Lore of Doom (tm) looking for something he could make into a hat that would look as stylish on him as a scarecrow does on a treefolk. He thought about the Phyrexians, but they were covered in goopy oil that would make his nonexistant hair greasy. He Tried out angels for a while but they didn't sit quite right. Then, he looked under "e" (because in the Elder Draconic alphabet, "e" for Eldrazi is right next to "h" for Hat) in his Dark Lore of Doom and saw depictions of the Eldrazi, and all their forms.
"THIS SHALL BE MY HAT!" he declared, poking a picture of Emrakul, "AND WITH IT I WILL USHER IN A NEW AGE OF DARKNESS -- ER, I MEAN A NEW AGE OF FASHION!"
And so Nicol Bolas masterminded the release of the Eldrazi.

57864098 wrote:

Rhox War Monk just flips pancakes, and if games have told us anything, it's that food = life.

56747598 wrote:

76973988 wrote:

This thread has gotten creepy. XP

Really?
Really?
The last couple days have been roughly every perverse fetish imaginable, but it only got "creepy" when speculation on Mother of Runes's mob affiliation came up?

so, these legends what a great oppurtunity for the pictures from the old covers of duelist to be used, like selenia's on issue #20 mirri's on issue #17 and a near perfect one for maraxus on issue #18 not to mention greven in there somewhere. and you know atleast if they aren't cards that are typically used they can still look pretty darn cool.